- Title
- Leadership and accountability of ward councillors in South African municipalities: a case study of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
- Creator
- Mfene, Primrose Nompendulo
- Subject
- Municipal government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2014
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Doctoral
- Type
- PhD
- Identifier
- vital:8244
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1010954
- Identifier
- Municipal government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- The aim of the study is to critically examine the leadership and accountability of ward councillors in South African municipalities: A case of Buffalo City Municipality. The theory of communicative action by Jürgen Habermas was used to interpret the manner in which ward councillors are expected to interact with the members of the community when performing their leadership and accountability roles. The study adopted a case study design that assisted in establishing what is required from ward councillors with regard to their leadership and accountability roles in local governance. Qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments were used to collect data. The focus group interviews with ward committee members (n=100) from twenty-five (25) wards identified themes that relate to leadership and accountability constructs. The identified themes were verified in the quantitative phase in which questionnaires were administered to fifty (50) ward councillors. The qualitative data was analysed thematically using NVivo and quantitative data was analysed using MS Excel. Generally, the views of the ward councillors regarding their leadership and accountability were positive. However, their leadership and accountability were largely dependent on their individualised communication skills and emotional intelligence. Hence the study established that unless ward councillors are equipped with skills and knowledge in communication and emotional intelligence respectively, their leadership and accountability roles will not be able to contribute effectively to local governance. Subsequently, the study made a set of recommendations in this regard.
- Format
- ix, 240 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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